DELL EMC D-ISM-FN-01 Practice Exams
Last updated on Oct 24,2026- Exam Code: D-ISM-FN-01
- Exam Name: Dell Information Storage and Management Foundations Exam
- Certification Provider: DELL EMC
- Latest update: Oct 24,2026
What is an accurate statement about a virtual desktop infrastructure?
- A . Each user is provided a dedicated desktop VM with its own operating system and applications
- B . Operating system and applications hosted on a client system are shared by multiple users
- C . Each user has an individual desktop session on the remote compute system in which applications execute
- D . Operating system and applications on the remote desktop are downloaded on the client for local execution
What are the functions of the storage node in a backup architecture?
- A . Responsible for organizing client data and sending data to a backup device
- B . Manages backup operations and gathers data that must backup
- C . Organizes backup data and sends the data to the client device
- D . Manages backup operations and maintains the backup catalog
What occurs during a Shared Technology Vulnerability threat?
- A . An attacker gains access to an administrator’s, user’s or system account.
- B . An attacker avoids applications that are already approved by an IT organization.
- C . An attacker exploits the weaknesses of tools used to enable multi-tenancy.
- D . An attacker exhausts network bandwidth or CPU cycles.
What is true regarding information-centric storage architecture?
- A . Storage capacity can be increased dynamically without impacting information availability.
- B . Storage architecture improves overall storage capacity utilization but decreases flexibility of information management.
- C . Storage devices are internal to servers and are not shared between multiple compute systems.
- D . Storage architecture reduces the cost of individual disk drives within the server but limits storage scalability.
What is an accurate statement about Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP) control?
- A . Enables initiators and targets to authenticate each other by using a shared secret code
- B . Provides strong authentication for client-server applications by using secret-key cryptography
- C . Allows a client to access protected resources from a resource server on behalf of a resource owner
- D . Enables an organization to use authentication services from an identity provider
An organization plans to deploy a deduplication solution in their data center environment They are concerned about the application servers’ performance and a long backup window during backups. However, they want to retain their existing backup application.
Which deduplication solution(s) should be recommended?
- A . Target-based deduplication
- B . Source-based with fixed-length block deduplication
- C . Source-based global deduplication
- D . Source-based with variable-length deduplication
Which technology decouples the OS, applications, and user state from a physical compute system?
- A . Application virtualization
- B . Storage virtualization
- C . Thin client virtualization
- D . Desktop virtualization
What describes dynamic disk sparing?
- A . Replaces the identity of the failed drive with the working drive
- B . Allows changing the data protection scheme applied on the RAID set
- C . Replaces a failed disk drive by assuming the identity of the failed disk drive
- D . Contains mirrored data at all times and used when the primary drive fails
What is a benefit of deploying a Defense in Depth strategy?
- A . Provides additional time for organizations to detect and respond to an attack
- B . Eliminates the attack vector from the IT infrastructure
- C . Eliminates the attack surface from the IT infrastructure
- D . Enables organizations to deploy a unified security solution
What is true about an iSCSI HBA?
- A . Requires a software adapter with built-in iSCSI functionality
- B . Enables transmission of data through iSCSI tunneling
- C . Requires CPU cycles for TCP/IP processing
- D . Performs both iSCSI and TCP/IP processing